Election Day 2017 featured several high profile ranked choice voting elections in cities and towns. Altogether, over 200,000 voters ranked their choices in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Cambridge, Mass. and Takoma Park, Md in cities with a total population of about 844,500.

Although federal elections always fall on even-numbered years, important state and local elections happen every year - and 2017 is no exception. Here are some of the contests FairVote will be watching on Election Day, November 7, 2017.

Modifying the electoral system could make huge strides in addressing this dilemma. If the Virginia legislature implemented rank choice voting (RCV), voters could express their dissatisfaction with the candidates without fear of wasting their vote.

People are realizing now more than ever that fixing American democracy begins with how politicians are elected into office. The division displayed in our politics today shows the need for reforms that would change politics for the better, including how we elect representatives into office in the first place.